Faculty, centers, and programs at the Eagleton Institute study how American politics and government work and change, and analyze how the democracy might improve. The Institute welcomes entrepreneurial thinkers who develop new knowledge about emerging topics and themes.
With this database, the Eagleton Science and Politics Initiative presents the first iteration of a publicly accessible national inventory of elected state legislators with scientific, engineering and healthcare training.
Read MoreThe CAWP Women Elected Officials Database contains entries for more than eleven thousand women officeholders dating back to 1893 when the first woman was elected to statewide office.
Read MoreComplete archive of CAWP research and research by CAWP scholars that addresses emerging questions about American women's political participation.
Read MoreYoung Elected Leaders Project (YELP) research archive. The Center for Youth Political Participation project tracks candidates and office holders at the state and congressional level.
Read MoreComplete ECAG research archive exploring the varied roles, powers, and legacies of governors in the United States.
Read MoreComplete public data archive of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. Founded in 1971 at the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, the statewide telephone survey measures public opinion about politics and policy in New Jersey.
Read MoreThis research provides information about the women in the 2020 presidential election, a history of women running for president and vice president and information about voter attitudes towards a woman president.
Read MoreFind out about the women running for congressional and statewide offices after a 2020 loss by visiting CAWP's 2022 Rebound Candidates page, which lists candidates by state and provides information on the office they sought in 2020 and the one they’re seeking in 2022.
Read MoreWomen lag men as donors and face campaign finance challenges as candidates in races for statewide elective executive office, according to a new report from the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
Read MoreA new release from CAWP highlights the record number of Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, Latina, and Native American women currently serve in state legislatures nationwide. For the most current data about women in state legislatures by race/ethnicity, see CAWP's Women of Color in Elective Office 2021 and the CAWP Women Elected Officials Database.
Read MoreThe Journal of Politics, Groups, and Identities published an article written by CAWP Senior Scholar Kira Sanbonmatsu and CAWP Research Associate Claire Gothreau about "women’s political participation and political influence as donors for contests typically neglected by American politics researchers: gubernatorial elections."
Read MoreFor the first time, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, has collected nationwide data on women’s representation at the municipal level.
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